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Originally Posted by jfman
It’s mad that with all the streaming hyperbole over the years they are really looking at selling 30% more games for flatlining revenue. In the current climate that’s a massive real terms decrease regardless of how their PR teams (and favourable journalists) present it.
I think it adds weight to my view that the league were afraid of the auction shelved due to Covid due to massive uncertainty of anyone joining the auction and Sky correctly identifying the falling value of the product.
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It's not just an increase in games that could be sold for a flatlining revenue. The rights term is also being extended from three to four years.
So you could have a headline TV rights figure that's marginally more than the current figure. But in real terms, it could be substantially lower due to a combination of inflation, 30% more games and an extra year's rights.
I've read elsewhere that the Premier League sees overseas TV rights as where its revenue growth is, not UK TV rights.